FastaIterator.py - iterate over fasta files

The difference to the biopython iterator is that this one skips over comment lines starting with “#”.

Code

class FastaIterator.FastaIterator(f, *args, **kwargs)

a iterator of fasta formatted files.

FastaIterator.iterate_together(*args)

iterate synchronously over one or more fasta files.

The iteration finishes once any of the files is exhausted.

yield output tuples of sequences.

FastaIterator.count(filename)

count number of sequences in fasta file.